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Entries from October 27, 2007

A Vision of Students Today

October 27, 2007 · No Comments · Collaborative Projects, Education, flat class, technology

There aren’t many days go by when I don’t run into a teacher who downplays the changes in our world and, more importantly, in our kids. They just fail to recognize the way our students are adapting to an ever-changing environment. Now comes yet another masterpiece from Dr. Michael Wesch and his students at Kansas [...]

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Come Fly With Me…

October 27, 2007 · No Comments · Education, technology

It seems the lastest version of Google Earth has a surprise inside, one they haven’t highly publicized. Both the Mac and PC versions of GE have a hidden flight simulator that is actually quite cool. It seems easy enough to navigate, and after a bit of practice I was flying around touring a few locations. [...]

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K12 Online…

October 19, 2007 · No Comments · Conferences, Education, flat class, technology

The second K12 Online conference is underway…while I haven’t had any time this week to check out sessions, I did have a chance to listen to David Warlick‘s keynote last week, and participated in the web-based (Illuminate) fireside chat with David and about 100 other people…what a wonderful exchange of ideas… The sessions are free…and [...]

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